EN 1.3538 Steel vs. N06007 Nickel
EN 1.3538 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06007 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 23% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3538 steel and the bottom bar is N06007 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 740 | |
| 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 41 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.0 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.93 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.7 to 2.0 | |
| 21 to 23.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96 to 97.2 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.4 to 0.5 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 36.1 to 51.1 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |